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FYI: "This Norman Rockwell Christmas painting, Tired Salesgirl on Christmas Eve, appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published December 27, 1947. An alternate title for this painting is Christmas Rush. This painting illustrates what a master storyteller Norman Rockwell was. The date is Christmas Eve, and the time is five minutes past five o'clock. This salesclerk has never been so glad to see five o'clock come before. The sign above her head informs us and any customers that store closes at Five O'clock on Christmas Eve. The small clock on her lapel pin informs us that the time is five minutes past closing time. The customers are gone, and she has slumped against the wall with her bottom resting on one of the toy cars that did not sell and are still parked along the wall. She has kicked off her shoes (long overdue!) and is rubbing her feet and toes together, trying to make them feel better. Her hairdo only droops a bit. And she seems blissfully oblivious to the chaos left behind in the toy department around her. She has not reconciled her sales book yet, and truthfully that seems to be the least of her concerns now that she finally gets a break. She is in no hurry to pick up the wrapping paper or the doll that is lying on the floor.

She does not even notice that the toys on the right-hand side of the painting seem to be gawking at her."